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Western Lakes District, one of the four in
the Potawatomi Area Council.
Most of Troop 12 grads have made good
in the world. John Alberts, an Eagle in
1948, went on to become a Wisconsin
assemblyman and a recent candidate for
lieutenant governor. Lyle Neeb's Eagle
Scout son, Mark, is currently in a Rotary
exchange program in Finland and helping
with Scouts there.
Dirk Debbink was at the top of his U.S.
Naval Academy class and served with
distinction in the Navy; Mike Perry, a
career Air Force officer, was a high rank-
ing student at the U.S. Air Force Acad-
emy.
John Foust, currently at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison, was a local high
school computer and math whiz. Then
there is Fid Burhop Jr., who recently made
the dean's list in electrical engineering at
UW-Madison. Mike Morrissey, son of
Scout committeeman Chuck, is a second-
year man at the naval academy. There are
many others, including most of Ocon-
omowoc's leading business and profes-
sional leaders.
Recent Troop 12 members participated
in the Rotary's Eagle-of-the-Month pro-
gram. "Since April of 1980, we have had
an Eagle from an area troop—not just
Troop 12, of course, attend our weekly
meetings," explains President Kreutz-
mann. At the luncheons, held Monday
noons at the Olympia Resort on Ocon-
omowoc's outskirts, the Scouts rub
shoulders with the area's leading busi-
nessmen.
The Eagles get out of school for the
programs. "They're usually at the head of
their classes anyway so there's no concern
about missing some school," chimes in
Harrold. At the conclusion of "his" month,
each Eagle gives a speech explaining how
Scouting and Rotary have been personally
beneficial.
"There probably hasn't been a young
man who has come through that program
without a couple of summer or after-
school job offers from our members," says
Kreutzmann. "We see this as an oppor-
tunity for these Scouts to mingle socially
with area leaders. It gives them the chance
to see the business community as people,"
offers coordinator Neeb. "Business people
observe the time and dedication these kids
put into Scouting. They want these kids to
work with them."
Both Kreutzmann and Neeb admit
there may be a bit of good-natured self-
ishness involved on Rotary's part. But
that's not bad.
Neeb's son, Mike, 14, is working on his
Eagle project—helping handicapped
youngsters with crafts at Oconomowoc's
Meadowview School. He will participate
in the Rotary Eagle-of-the-Month pro-
gram this autumn.
"I really enjoy Scouting," says Mike.
"It's something different. I get to see new
places and meet new people. I'm not sure
what to expect when I get to the Rotary
lunches, though. But I'm looking forward
to it."
"I suppose if you ask many of the Ro-
tary folks what might be their most im-
portant project, they all might not im-
mediately mention Scouting," says Scout-
master Harrold. "It's not a flashy, one-
shot-and-a-miss sort of thing. But over
these 50 years, they have really provided a
service to the community. It's been a good,
strong relationship between Troop 12 and
Rotary," says Harrold. "It's been this
continuity that has kept us going."
Tradition, continuity, friendship—it
still adds up to "pals." That's the gamble
that has paid off for 50 years between
Oconomowoc's Rotary and Scout Troop
12. ■
Nationally, at the end of 1982, 43,191 youth
members were registered in 1,576 units
chartered to Rotary clubs.
"Whateveryou do, don't feed it.
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Career Awareness (from page 51)
awareness. Pathologist, postal worker,
salesman, sculptor—presenters from 36
occupations arrived at Topeka schools to
tell their stories, and all at the request of
the students themselves.
When these freshmen were eighth
graders, they completed a career interest
survey. From the results, counselors de-
veloped a list of 18 seminar topics for each
school. Though the list of choices varied
from school to school, several jobs drew
interest at all three: nursing, office
management, veterinary medicine, com-
puter programming, architecture, in-
strumental music, and professional ath-
letics. Students could choose up to three
seminars.
Some memorable points have been
made in the presentations. Andy Zeik. a
freshman at Highland Park High School,
had already learned some carpentry from
his father and liked the work. Wages can
be good, he learned in a carpentry semi-
nar, but, Andy reports, "there are on and
off seasons. You have to learn to manage
your money when you're not on the job."
One seminar choice for Greg Adams
was a presentation by a former profes-
sional baseball player, now a coach. Greg
was encouraged by the news that "you
could be good at fielding and not at hitting
and still make the pros."
Tim Roberts, who has been interested
for the last four or five years in computer
programming, had anticipated taking two
post-high school years of training at a
technical school. He learned in the com-
puter seminar that many employers pro-
vide extensive on-the-job training.
If presenters do a thorough job of
dealing out the pros and cons, it may be
due to a guidebook titled. Tell It Like It Is.
Produced by the Scout council, the book
encourages speakers to describe the best-
and least-liked parts of their jobs, to tell
why people leave the occupation, to state
salary ranges for beginners and also for
people in the field for five and 10 years.
Some occupations were in such demand
that it was necessary to have two or three
separate one-hour presentations at a
school. The number of students in a sem-
inar is generally limited to 30.
Finding enough presenters was a chal-
lenge. "We just sort of searched around
the world," explains Marj Schnacke,
chairwoman of the council's career
awareness committee of volunteers who
invite and schedule presenters. When the
committee saw the students' choices, many
possible presenters' names came im-
mediately to mind. For instrumental mu-
sic, it was easy to come up with names of
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